Bottle.



PATENTED APR. '7, 1908.

C. W. HAYES.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1902.

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CHARLES \V. HAYES, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,999, dated April'7, 1903.

Application filed May 21,1902. Serial No- 108,336. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. HAYES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improved bottle designed particularly for useas a pocketflask, and comprehends a bottle without a neck and providedwith means for retaining the cork in place, the cork-retaining meanshaving an additional andimportant function, hereinafter stated.

The invention will first be described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved bottle,showing the preferred form of cork-retaining means. Fig. 2 is a verticalcentral section of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of my improvedbottle, illustrating a modified form of cork-retaining means. Fig. 4 isa bottom plan of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan of the modifiedcorkretaining means, partly broken out.

In the drawings, 1 represents the bottle, preferably of rectangularshape, of a size corresponding to the usual pocket-fiask and formedwithout a neck. The bottle has the usual mouth 2, which is suitablyground and tapered to receive an ordinary cork 3.

In the preferred form, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, thecork-retaining means comprises a metal casing 4, to which the cork 3 issecurely attached by pin 5. The casing snugly embraces the bottle for apart or all of its length, thereby serving practically as a metalcovering for the bottle, protecting it against breakage through accidentand at the same time providing a convenient handhold for forcing a corkfrom its seat in the bottle-mouth 2. After withdrawal of the cork thecasing is adapted to serve as a cup for receiving the contents of thebottle. As the use of the casing does not in any manner interfere withthe cork 3, ,it is evident that the casing after use as a means to aidthe withdrawal of the cork and as a cup may be replaced on the bottleand forced downward to seat the cork in the bottle-mouth.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 3, 4t, and 5 the cork'retainingmeans comprises a strip 6, embracing the sides and ends of the bottle,to which strip the cork is secured by a pin, as in the preferred form.One end of the strip is perforated at 7 and the other end is formed witha tongue 8 of a size to enter the perforation 7. After seating the .corkin the bottle-mouth the strip is passed around the bottle. The tongue ispassed through the perforations and bent backward upon itself to lockthe strip in place, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in which positionthe strip serves as a metal protection against breakage for the sidesand ends of the bottle. When desired, the strip is unlocked and bentupward into a plane with the top of the bottle, when it will serve as aconvenient handheld for removing the cork. It is evident that the stripis capable of continued use as desired.

It is designed that the label or other advertising matter of the makerof the bottled goods will envelop the bottle outside the cork-vretaining means, whereby in the withdrawal of the cork the label will bedestroyed, as is desirable.

The absence of the neck of the bottle adapts the bottle more readily forthe pocket and in the event of packing the liquid in these bottles asoriginal packages permits a more convenient and close packing of thebottles in cases for shipment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A neckless bottle of substantially rectangular shape and having aflat top, a cork therefor, and means encircling the bottle to retain thecork, said means serving as a handhold in the withdrawal of the cork andsnugly fitting the bottle resting on top thereof.

2. A neckless bottle of substantially rectangular shape and having aflat top, means encircling the bottle snugly embracing the same andresting on top thereof, and a cork secured to said encircling means,whereby the cork may be inserted and withdrawn.

3. A neckless bottle of substantially rectangular shape and having afiat top, a metal casing snugly fitting the bottle and resting on topthereof, and a cork for the bottle secured to said casing.

t. A neckless bottle of substantially rectangular shape and having -aflat top, a cork therefor, a metal casing to which the cork is secured,said casing snugly fitting the bottle and resting on top thereof andserving as a cork-withdrawing means and as a receptacle to receive thecontents of the bottle after withdrawal of the cork.

CHARLES W. HAYES.

Witnesses:

THOMAS M. STUP, DAVID W. GOULD.

